Cosmosis Build 73 Beta3

We have stars

This is the pre-release for the next version, 0.73.0. Contains full game and all assets.

» Download for Windows x64
» Download for Linux x64

Please note that the Linux build, at least on the testing machine, renders far fewer stars than the Windows build (using the exact same computer and exact same GPU). After some research it was found that GL points are not really appropriate for... well... anything production-level. This issue will remain until points are replaced with other primitives in a future build.

Notable changes since previous beta release:

• Now generates in-game stars from real star catalog containing Earth-visible stars.
• Adds the debug tools menu.
• Adds testing option to fly through star catalog data (via Backspace -> Debug Tools -> Star free-flight).
• Adds mechanisms that do some graphics processing in a separate thread for better performance.
• Adds lighting (light source faked for now).
• Adds boot progress screen in the bottom left.
• Add option to modify game settings via config file (menus for these coming soon).

This release adds 116 new commits since Beta1 for a total of 260 commits since inception.
Full Changelog: v0.73.0-beta.1...v0.73.0-beta.3

Stand-Alone Production Assets

Note: you only need this if building the game from source.

Production assets are not be included with the source code.

Inside this zip you will see a folder named 'prodHqAssets'. Copy that into the project's root directory and then restart the game. The game will automatically load the better assets.

Note that some parts of the application (such as the planet loaders) do not yet use the prod assets, so you will still see the low quality versions. This will be fixed once development on planetary systems start.

Cosmosis Build 73 Beta1

This is the pre-release for the next version, 0.73.0. Contains full game and all assets.

» Download for Windows x64
» Download for Linux x64

Changes since latest stable:

• Implemented initial menu system.
• Implemented control bindings.
• Improved modal system.
• Added Linux support.
• Various visual improvements such as in-game cursor and boot window.
• Various bug fixes.

This release has a total of 77 new commits over stable for a total of 150 commits since inception.

Cosmosis Build 72 Stable

Contains full game and all assets.

Note that this version is a very early tech demo empty shell more than anything else, and might provide you with an amazing 19.2 seconds of fun before offering nothing else.

See the later beta releases for more functionality.